Title
Modality and cueing in multimedia learning: Examining cognitive and perceptual explanations for the modality effect
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of modality (written text vs. spoken text) and visual cueing (low cueing vs. high cueing) on the learning and mental effort of participants studying a computer-based static diagram at their own pace. Participants were randomly assigned to four versions of the computer-based materials formed into a 2x2 factorial design by crossing modality with cueing. The results revealed a reverse modality effect, wherein participants studying written text outperformed those studying spoken text on tests of free recall, matching, comprehension, and spatial recall, but not mental effort. Information cueing did not significantly affect either performance or mental effort. These findings are discussed in the context of two popular explanations of the modality effect: the cognitive resources explanation and the perceptual resources explanation. The results were best explained from a perceptual resources viewpoint.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1016/j.chb.2012.01.010
Computers in Human Behavior
Keywords
Field
DocType
Multimedia learning,Visual cueing,Reverse modality effect
Modality effect,Social psychology,Cognitive resource theory,Pace,Psychology,Cognitive psychology,Free recall,Cognition,Perception,Recall,Comprehension
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
28
3
0747-5632
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.90
4
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Steven M. Crooks11267.06
Jong-Pil Cheon21217.20
Fethi A. Inan3506.89
Fatih Ari4132.47
Raymond Flores5132.47